Hawker Siddeley V/STOL Airliner
Hawker Siddeley (London, England)
Convinced that the future of airline travel is V/STOL, Hawker Siddeley undertook a program to develop a revolutionary aircraft to set the standard for the future. Hawker Siddeley’s decade of study on V/STOL led to the conception of the HS 141 in 1970. HS took great pains to address the noise problem and, at the time of the HS 141, was pursuing funding to develop the RB.202 quiet fan lift engine. Although V/STOL airliners were projected to cost more per flight than the conventional airliner, it was argued that the added cost would be outweighed by the benefits of convenience and productivity. Safety was also addressed, as claimed by HS that the fan-lift engines would provide adequate control in the event of a main engine failure. This safety incentive made this aircraft ten times safer than the Air Registration Board’s standard.
HS 141
Inter-city airliner.
- Lift Power: Rolls-Royce RB.202 fan-lift engines
- Cruise Power: Rolls-Royce fanjet propulsion engines designed to be "quiet"
- Cruise Speed: 600 mph
- VTOL Range: 500 miles
- Noise: 90 PNdB at a 1,500 ft. radius
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